Zohar
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- ZOH-har
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #6,140 for boys
Zohar is a name of Hebrew origin, meaning “radiance, splendour”. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Zohar mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew word
“radiance, splendour”
The Zohar is the foundational book of Jewish mysticism (Kabbalah), named from the word for radiance.
Is Zohar a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Zohar has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls and 14 boys in the US.
How popular is Zohar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Zohar, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. It first appears in the records in 1997. 7 girls were also named Zohar in 2025 (11,928th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Zohar of any year since it first appeared, in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Zohar in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zohar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
Names like Zohar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zamir Zahir Musa Zayd Zayan Hamza Umar Nazir Zair Ahmir Zubair Zymir
Names related to Zohar
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Zohar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zohar, updated 20 October 2026.